That was a mistake...

Last Saturday I was cutting sticker sheets into individual pieces.  I decided it would go much quicker if I cut 2 pages at a time.  Brilliant, right?

"So how did that go for you paula?" 

"not so good", she said.

"Stickers should all be facing the same direction when cutting in a stack", she said.

But you know me. 

I figured I could use them for something...I mean, they are my very favorite Vial labels!  I can't just throw them away! 

...and that's exactly how today's project was born.  

What to do with the cut up Vial labels sitting on my desk?

I decided to make a new insert for the 7gypsies Vintage Book Stand.  If you remember, I made one back in February (you can see it here at the bottom of the post)......but it's time for a change.  To do that you need start with a piece of book board, mat board or cardboard, really anything that will keep your artwork upright.  I cut a piece of book board 5 x 8.5" and a matching piece of manila paper.  I was actually surprised how thick the manila paper is.  Love that because it can withstand a lot of layers of paint, sprays, and stain.

To start the background I squeezed out three Distress Stains onto the craft mat, Weathered Wood, Pumice Stone, and the new Metallic Brushed Pewter.

I sprayed the manila card with water...

Then ran the paper over the Distress Stains until I almost covered the card.  You can go back into the Distress stains as many times as you want, just dry with a Heat Tool in between.  You can also move the paint on your surface by spraying a bit of water.

The new metallic stain looks so good mixed with the other colors of the stain.  The metallic shines just a bit here and there like veining in stone.  Very cool.

the finished background.

I added a bit of washi tape and tissue tape

then the chopped up stickers

I took the sanding grip and sanded the stickers as well as the tissue tape.  Love how the tissue tape will tear away in bits just like I wanted it to.  Not so much with the Washi tape but I can live with that.

Then I went back to add some Broken China

and Vintage Photo Distress Ink for yet another layer.

Stamping is next -
Coffee Archival Ink, Warehouse District stamp with a bit of numbers from the School Desk set.

At this point I adhered the background paper to the bookboard I cut earlier. I sanded the edges a bit, rounding the corners with the sanding grip and then inking the edges.

TYPE

I need a good saying for my stand so I decided to use the Sizzix Alterations Alphabetical die to cut all this tiny type.  The die is long and skinny so I cut two strips of paper and ran one through the Vagabond with the print side up and one with the print side down so I could mix up the letters in the phrase.

I added the paper type to my surface with a Collage Glue stick.  I also used Alpha Parts: Typeset to emphasize certain words in the phrase.

I shaded in each of the paper letters with a Faber-Castell colored pencil to give them more depth and weight.

 

I decided I needed some dimension so I cut flowers using the Sizzix Alterations Tattered Flower Garland die.  Love that you get so many flowers in just one pass through the Vagabond machine.

I colored the flowers with Broken China and Frayed Burlap.

I crumpled each flower then layered them together till I had three separate flowers held together by a long fastener brad.  I also sprayed each with Perfect Pearls Mist in Heirloom Gold to give them a bit of a shine.

 

Here is the final result in the 7gypsies stand.
I added a lock at the top with the tiny little brads that come in the package as well as the key hanging from one of the flower brads.  I did add a bit of cheescloth that I colored with Frayed Burlap Distress stain to the back of the flowers.  And a little phrase with the Chitchat stickers at the bottom right.

click on picture for larger view

Well, kinda simple and basic today, but that me.  I do love how it turned out though and I think I was successful using the cut up stickers.  I guess can rest easy now since they were put to good use! or at least until the next time I accidentally chop something up (seems to happen quite often around here).

Cheers for a great day!
paula

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